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1. Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two friends on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter, unaware that his ex-wife, with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem, Christopher Evan Welch
Votes: 269,080 | Gross: $23.22M
2. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 99,226 | Gross: $35.18M
3. The Great Beauty (2013)
Not Rated | 141 min | Drama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso
Votes: 97,488 | Gross: $2.85M
4. Total Eclipse (1995)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, David Thewlis, Romane Bohringer, Dominique Blanc
Votes: 16,791 | Gross: $0.34M
5. Camille Claudel (1988)
R | 175 min | Biography, Drama, History
Camille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.
Director: Bruno Nuytten | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Madeleine Robinson, Laurent Grévill
Votes: 7,403 | Gross: $0.20M
6. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
PG | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, War
An orphaned Italian boy is raised amongst a circle of British and American women living in Mussolini's Italy before and during World War II.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli | Stars: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Cher
Votes: 14,206 | Gross: $14.35M
7. Little Ashes (2008)
R | 112 min | Biography, Drama, History
About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.
Director: Paul Morrison | Stars: Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltrán, Matthew McNulty, Marina Gatell
Votes: 9,632 | Gross: $0.48M
8. Isadora (1968)
M/PG | 131 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser
Votes: 2,620
9. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Unrated | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biography of British painter Francis Bacon focuses on his relationship with his lover, George Dyer, a former small time crook.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton
Votes: 3,999 | Gross: $0.34M
10. Chinese Coffee (2000)
R | 99 min | Drama
Harry and Jake, two unsuccessful writers, spend a cathartic evening arguing about money, aesthetics, their friendship, and Harry's new manuscript.
Director: Al Pacino | Stars: Al Pacino, Jerry Orbach, Susan Floyd, Ellen McElduff
Votes: 4,642
11. Leonie (2010)
PG-13 | 102 min | Biography, Drama
A film about the life and relationships of the early 20th century American educator, editor, and journalist Leonie Gilmour, the mother of the acclaimed artist and architect Isamu Noguchi.
Director: Hisako Matsui | Stars: Emily Mortimer, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Shidô Nakamura, Christina Hendricks
Votes: 609
12. The Bohemian Life (1992)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen
Votes: 6,442
13. Mindwalk (1990)
PG | 112 min | Drama
Philosophical conversations between a poet, politician, and scientist.
Director: Bernt Amadeus Capra | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Sam Waterston, John Heard, Ione Skye
Votes: 3,252 | Gross: $0.77M
14. Johnny Staccato (1959–1960)
24 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.
Stars: John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Dennis Sallas, Frank London
Votes: 275
15. Edvard Munch (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 210 min | Biography, Drama, History
This biopic of Norwegian Expressionist painter Edvard Munch focuses on the influences that shaped his art, his devastating affair with a married woman that will haunt him for the rest of his life
Director: Peter Watkins | Stars: Geir Westby, Gro Fraas, Kerstii Allum, Eric Allum
Votes: 3,382 | Gross: $0.04M
16. Testament of Orpheus (1960)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Fantasy
The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions.
Director: Jean Cocteau | Stars: Jean Cocteau, Françoise Arnoul, Claudine Auger, Charles Aznavour
Votes: 3,751
17. Strawberry & Chocolate (1993)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Story of two men who are opposites: one gay, the other straight; one a fierce communist, the other a fierce individualist; one suspicious, the other accepting; and how they come to love each other.
Directors: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabío | Stars: Jorge Perugorría, Vladimir Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Francisco Gattorno
Votes: 6,022 | Gross: $2.08M
18. Edo Porn (1981)
Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History
The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi
Votes: 466
19. The Moderns (1988)
R | 126 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A struggling artist is hired to forge paintings, causing him to cross paths with his ex-wife and her powerful new husband.
Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Wallace Shawn, Geneviève Bujold
Votes: 2,037 | Gross: $2.01M
20. Pandaemonium (2000)
PG-13 | 124 min | Biography, Drama
Friendship and betrayal between two poets during the French Revolution.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Linus Roache, John Hannah, Samantha Morton, Emily Woof
Votes: 884
21. Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
R | 104 min | Drama
Around 1940, The New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character, who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of twenty thousand conversations he's overheard.
Director: Stanley Tucci | Stars: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Hope Davis, Sarah Hyland
Votes: 1,646 | Gross: $0.64M
22. Die zweite Heimat: Chronik einer Jugend (1992)
1,416 min | Drama, History
Hermann Simon, an aspiring composer, comes of age in Munich during the troubled 1960s.
Stars: Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Frank Röth, Armin Fuchs
Votes: 356
23. A Merry War (1997)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Gordon Comstock quits his job at an advertising agency in order to write poetry, only to find that poets, like everyone else, need money.
Director: Robert Bierman | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Wadham, Jim Carter
Votes: 1,548 | Gross: $0.30M
24. Goya in Bordeaux (1999)
R | 100 min | Biography, Drama, War
Francisco Goya (1746-1828), deaf and ill, lives the last years of his life in voluntary exile in Bordeaux, a Liberal protesting the oppressive rule of Ferdinand VII. He's living with his ... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Jose Coronado, Dafne Fernández, Eulàlia Ramon
Votes: 2,308 | Gross: $0.72M
25. The Lobster (2018)
4 min | Short, Fantasy
A girl finds a lobster in the woods. She contemplates boiling her lobster but, struck by compassion, she decides to set it free.
Director: Kayt Silvers | Stars: Arjana Andris, Sarah Elizabeth Mitchell
Votes: 20
26. Um Filme Falado (2003)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Lisbon, Marseilles, Naples, Athens, Istanbul, Cairo, Aden and Bombay. Along with a university teacher and her little daughter, we embark on a long journey, experiencing different cultures and civilizations.
Director: Manoel de Oliveira | Stars: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Votes: 2,093 | Gross: $0.01M
27. Pokrov Gates (1983 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Love and curiosities of neighbors in a communal apartment. A cult comedy about Moscow in the 50s, which was sold in quotes.
Director: Mikhail Kozakov | Stars: Oleg Menshikov, Sofiya Pilyavskaya, Leonid Bronevoy, Inna Ulyanova
Votes: 3,104
28. Never Met Picasso (1996)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gay thirty year old lives at home and is in the midst of a serious creative funk. Rejected by numerous art schools and lacking romantic prospects, he looks to his charismatic Uncle Alfred for inspiration.
Director: Stephen Kijak | Stars: Alexis Arquette, Georgia Ragsdale, Margot Kidder, Don McKellar
Votes: 156
29. Taprobana (2014)
24 min | Short, Comedy
In this short comedy, Luis Vaz de Camoes, the greatest Portuguese renaissance poet, struggles creatively while engaging in a hedonistic, coprophagic, and drug addled lifestyle. The film ... See full summary »
Director: Gabriel Abrantes | Stars: Jani Zhao, Natxo Checa, U.G. Punchi Banda, B. Wimalawate
Votes: 76
30. Lyrics and Lace (1992)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
A divorced poet struggling with his creativity embarks on a poetry tour with younger colleague.
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Paavo Pentikäinen, Mikko Reitala, Kristiina Elstelä, Irma Junnilainen
Votes: 121
31. Wojaczek (1999)
90 min | Biography, Drama
Episodes from the last few years in the life of iconic Silesian poet Rafal Wojaczek. His provocative and scandalous life as well as tragic premature death made him a true literary legend.
Director: Lech Majewski | Stars: Krzysztof Siwczyk, Dominika Ostalowska, Andrzej Mastalerz, Elzbieta Okupska
Votes: 457
32. Hälfte des Lebens (1985)
98 min | Biography, Drama, History
A tragic love affair ensues between German poet Friedrich Hölderlin and banker's wife Susette Gontard.
Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Ulrich Mühe, Jenny Gröllmann, Swetlana Schönfeld, Michael Gwisdek
Votes: 75
33. Umano non umano (1969)
95 min | Documentary
Artists and poets meet in a dreamlike space between walks and performances.
Director: Mario Schifano | Stars: Franco Angeli, Otello Angeli, Adriano Aprà, Franco Brocani
Votes: 50
34. Elizabeth Adams - Art and Selected Poetry (2010)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Elizabeth Nelson Adams, Ph.D. was an artist and poet from Columbia, South Carolina. Her paintings spanned many artistic styles (expressionism, figurativism, realism, portraiture, and more) ... See full summary »
Director: Todd Robinson | Stars: Elizabeth Nelson Adams, Weston Adams, Julian Adams, Tippi Hedren
35. Aleksis Kiven elämä (2001)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Finland in the 1850's take the first steps towards independence. The Finnish-language authors introduce themselves.
Director: Jari Halonen | Stars: Marko Tiusanen, Jari Salmi, Karoliina Kudjoi, Margit Lindeman
Votes: 589
36. Sininen laulu - Suomen taiteiden tarina (2004)
710 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Jouko Tyyri, Heikki A. Reenpää, Sulevi Peltola, Peter von Bagh
Votes: 44
37. Tähtikeinu (2003 TV Movie)
65 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Veli-Matti Saikkonen | Stars: Anna-Leena Härkönen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Oskari Katajisto, Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala
Votes: 18
38. Wanderer of a Lonely Star (2003)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Tahvo Hirvonen | Stars: Arto Melleri, Nadja Pyykkö, Vera Melleri, Sara Melleri
Votes: 6
40. Diktonius - Ord lever! (1995)
52 min | Documentary, Biography
Directors: Jörn Donner, Ulrika Bengts | Stars: Jörn Donner, Doris Eriksson, Aldur Holmström, Vivi Holmström
Votes: 13
41. Mullan alta (2019– )
55 min | Music
Stars: Tommi Manninen, Paleface, Yona, Janna Hurmerinta
Votes: 8
42. Scattered/Dizzy (2014)
5 min | Short, Music
A depressed artist goes through a trial of emotions to find peace.
Director: Scott W. Perry | Star: Poet Billy Lamont
43. 'Minä elän' (1946)
115 min | Biography, Drama
The life story of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first Finnish novel in Finnish language and (posthumously) its most successful writer.
Director: Ilmari Unho | Stars: Rauli Tuomi, Matti Kivi, Anni Aitto, Kaarlo Aavajoki
Votes: 58
44. Colli Arte 2005 (2005)
120 min
Director: Flavio Sciolè | Stars: The Gang, La Macina, Giampiero Neri, Tullio Pericoli
45. The Romance of Bricks (2021)
65 min | Documentary
The Romance of Bricks is a portrait of the artist Liz Finch: a British painter, performer and poet.
Director: Nichola Bruce | Stars: Christine Binnie, Jennifer Binnie, Nicola Bowery, Francesco Brusatin
46. Massimiliano Chiamenti - Le Technostorie a Exximent 2004 (2004)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Flavio Sciolè | Star: Massimiliano Chiamenti
47. Harry Hooton (1969)
83 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Directors: Arthur Cantrill, Corinne Cantrill | Stars: Nigel Buesst, Ivor Cantrill, Fiona Colin., John van Dreelen
Votes: 11
48. Valmis (2015)
49 min | Drama
Crime novelist Sigismund Rastas is fed up with crimes and he starts writing poems. Writer's block hits him so hard that whisky and wild women steals poet's attention.
Director: Jani Sorsa | Stars: Ivanda Jansone, Anne Jouhtinen, Minttu Laurila, Leona Messi
49. Graffiti Verité 7: Random Urban Static (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Graffiti Verite returns to the enigmatic world of Poetry. This time around he retrieves the perspectives of fifteen uniquely talented poets involved in the world of Spoken Word Poetry.
Director: Bob Bryan | Stars: Sekou Andrews, Mollie Engelhart, Bridget Gray, Common Ground
50. Peter Weibel, Rewriter (2009 Video)
85 min
This video archive with accompanying essays traces internationally-renowned media and conceptual artist Peter Weibel's artistic developments from his beginnings through 1979. Weibel started... See full summary »
Director: Peter Weibel